It’s time to begin presenting the pictures competing in the 10th anniversary Havana Times Cuba Photo Contest. We received a total of 962 photos from 109 participants in the six different categories: Best Picture, Black and White, Cuban Countryside, Hope, Interiors and Intolerance. (330 photos)
Nogales is a bustling Mexican city on the US border 70 miles south of Tucson, Arizona. For US tourists, it is known as a place for crossing the border to find inexpensive dentists and half-price medications. But for asylum seekers arriving at this Mexican town from the south there is a different story – one of hope, heartbreak and compassion. (21 photos)
Two things make Cayo Hueso a central point in Havana: First of all, people say it’s location is what makes it the oldest neighborhood in Central Havana. Secondly, it embodies the Havana spirit. Officially declared a neighborhood in 1912, it owes its creation to the presence of a large number of Cuban tobacco farmers who returned from exile in Tampa and Key West. (21 photos)
The 2018 edition of the FIHAV trade fair, the most important annual event of its kind in the country because of its multifaceted nature, is taking place at the ExpoCuba exhibition grounds from October 29th until November 9th. (43 photos)
October 20 is the official Day of Cuban Culture. In the city of Guantanamo, as in all of Cuba, it closed activities begun ten days before, recalling the exact number of days that marked the beginning of the war for Cuban independence. (15 photos)
I had already visited Santa Ifigenia cemetery in the ‘90s. Its grandeur has impressed me ever since then, in spite of the neglect it suffers. Magnificent tombs of heroes and the bourgeoisie were still remarkable even though they contrasted greatly with its poor surrounding areas and humble graves nearby, the “common” graves. We buried my grandfather in one of the latter. (29 photos)
Saturday, at around 4:00 PM in the afternoon, on the corner of Marina and Malecon, just a block away from busy Belascoain avenue and at the entrance to the Cayo Hueso neighborhood, teenagers meet to go for a walk, some waiting for someone, while others are just hanging out and passing the time. (23 photos)
The Mesa Redonda (roundtable TV program) is the flagship of government propaganda. A few days ago, a program was dedicated to Cuba’s “environmental health”, explaining all of the government’s “efforts” to look after us. (11 photos)
Cojimar residents are working with a great deal of dedication to rescue a small beach located in a place known as Bajo del Claro de Luna which belonged to an old club which is now in ruins. (21 photos)
Today, I want to tell you about something curious, which is happening in the City of Central Havana, on Belascoain street near the Malecon seawall. Its a community art and antiques project, that also has iron bars that are salvaged from collapsed buildings, slabs and tiles to name a few of the objects on display. (23 photos)
